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Name: John
Location: Grove City, Ohio, United States
Birthday: 11/14/1986
Gender: Male
Interests: God, first off. I also am interested in Computers, Photography, Video Filming, Video Editing, Audio Production (live), Talking, Music, Singing, Piano, Saxophone, Guitar, and the list goes on and on... And last but not least, my Black 2002 Grand Am GT.
Expertise: I work with Audio Production (Live), Video Production (Live/Recorded), Computer Graphics, Computer Software and I am a Certified Computer Technician (CompTIA A+ Cert.) and Dell Certified (DCSE).
Occupation: Client Infrastructure Represen
Industry: Information Technology Global
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  Jcm475
MSN: jcomputerugy@msn.com
ICQ:  171077514
Yahoo:  jcmassie86
Member Since:
3/30/2003
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| To My Xanga Readers:
This was copied from my www.johnmassie.com
website. I wanted you all to know that I'm alive but remember, to get
the latest updates you'll have to switch to read the other site. Drop
me a line and let me know you're living!
- J - Out.
Well, here I sit on a Sunday evening, at the iMac. I know, the last
time I updated was a while back. So, I'll give you the cliff notes
update on my life.
The Job
Well, as many of you may or may not know, I am no longer employed by
Unisys at Ashland. On July 24, 2006 I officially started at Pomeroy IT
Solutions in Hilliard, Ohio. I'm working in their Service Delivery
department as a main lead. It's a very interesting job, meeting
different clients on a daily basis (I deal with multiple companies with
multiple locations). It's giving me a chance to really use some skills
that were completely untapped with the previous company. It's also just
nice to change up pace and what not. So, that's where I am career wise.
Oh, and did I mention that I now have a 15 minute drive to and work and
from work to home? Yeah, no more of that Dublin traffic to deal with!
The Girlfriend
Beth and I are doing great! We've been together now for about two
months and I've had the time of my life. We've been to the zoo and the
fair in the past month or so. Thankfully it looks like her family is
moving my direction (down the street to be exact) and that will save us
a bunch of time and money (driving 70 miles one way isn't cheap, even
with my Altima). I know that she occasionally reads this, so hopefully
she'll see that she's made me quite happy!
The House
I've been doing minor things here and there. I've finally gotten all
the major furniture that I need so I'll have to post some pictures once
I get some stuff for the walls. Nothing new really, I did finally get
pictures into the frames that I've had around the house for months and
got most of the crap out of all the rooms so it looks like I live here,
not just moving in.
My Spiritual Life
A week ago I attended New Covenant church in Waverly, Ohio. My good
friends Doug and Dana Campbell are the pastor (and church secretary)
there. The service began by their daughter singing this beautiful song
about having everything we need in our spiritual life and our desire
but "What are we waiting for?". I was very moved by the song and that's
where God got a hold of my heart. Then Dana got up and lead our worship
service with a great song selection and wonderful commentary
in-between. It inspired me to really worship God. I was lost in awe of
God and His mighty power and His wonderful love, for me. Then as the
sermon began Doug preached on a personal Pentecost in our lives. How we
have certain traits that we need to confess and give to God and
honestly dedicate our lives to Him. It is then that we begin to live at
a new level with God and seek Him more fully. I know that was a bad
explanation of his sermon, but that's the short version that I have
time to give. Well, God had been speaking to me through the entire
service and I was dying to go to the alter. I've not been down to an
altar to pray since I was saved, so very many years ago. Not that I
didn't want to go, but in my younger years I was scared or just didn't
feel like that's what God wanted from me at that moment.
This time there was no question that God wanted me down there. So
when the altar was opened I was there. This wonderful man by the name
of Walter came up and prayed with me. It was like God gave him the
words that I needed to hear as he prayed. I was very touched by what he
had to say and I was so thankful that God sent him to pray with me at
that moment. Since then I've felt much different. I've faced a little
more spiritual opposition, but yet at the same time I feel like I
experience God at a much deeper level and that a few more doors,
spiritually, have been opened for me. God has been good to me and He
continues to pour out His love, grace and mercy for me. 
To gain some more readers I'll try and post more often. I'll place
it on the calendar so I remember to blog, even if it isn't thing moving
and inspiring, just a simple, "hello, I'm alive and this is what my day
consisted of" post. My numbers go up and down (obviously a little low
lately since I haven't updated), but I'll work on raising the numbers.
I'll post this post on Xanga as well to draw the readers from there
over to this site.
Drop me a comment and let me know you're still out there!
God Bless You All,
- J -
www.johnmassie.com
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| ... I found I like WordPress MUCH more than I do Xanga. I wanted to
post on here, to move my name to the top of the list of my subscribers
so for the few who missed the update, I'm no longer using this as a
blog.
It also amazes me at the hits I've been getting. In one month I'm
almost up to 600 hits. So, I have a feeling I have a few new readers.
Maybe they'll reveal themselves, who knows. I've seen a few of my
former Xanga friends post comments on my new blog, so that was
comforting that they survived the change... lol.
Well, for the life update, read the other blog, this is just a simple, "I'm alive and read my new blog" post.
See you at www.johnmassie.com
Later,
- J -
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| I am now at www.johnmassie.com.The site is live, check it out. Catch you on the flipside, - J - | | |
| Wow, so it's been over three years, and I can't believe I'm going to do this. I will begin as of today, May 26, 2006, to close down my xanga. I've gotten three good years out of it, but I believe it is time for a change. I'm beginning to really grasp the whole "blogging" thing and need to move to a service that will meet my needs better. I think WordPress has won my vote (and business). So, I will begin porting this blog over to WordPress.
The awesome thing is that my WordPress blog will have a lot more features and you will be able to find posts a lot easier (categorize and stuff). So, please excuse this interruption in posting as I convert sites and prepare to close this one. Also, for all you non-xanga users you can leave me comments on WordPress without registering! I can also link it to an online photo album and a bunch of other cool stuff.
So you all want to know where the new blog will be? This new site is much, much, much easier to get to. It's simply:
Easy enough I suppose. It's going to take me a while to get everything moved, but in the meantime I will try and keep posting on the new site (once it is up) and then you all will begin to see the archives appear.
Take it easy,
- J -
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| I come rumbling down the side street I live off of in my friend's Bright Red 2001 Dodge Dakota SLT, with some nice pipes for the exhaust system. I have to say, I made some noise as I made my grand entrance to this little village I live in. I pull in the driveway and manage to fit the truck in the garage between the wall, steps, mulch, dirt, and other various things that call home to my garage. I shut the door and go inside. Another day, done.
I go upstairs and change into some really dirty and plain clothes. I took my glasses up, messed my hair up and put some flip-flops on. I was planning on working out in my yard, but sadly the weather didn't permit for such action. So I was checking my e-mail as I was trying to figure out what I was going to do for the evening.
Suddenly I hear the ever familiar chimes of my door bell. I thought, who could that be? So I run down the steps looking like I do and was greeted at the door by a young man maybe 16 or 17. He was very much close to my age and by the way I looked, he could tell. The young guy smiled nicely when I came to the door and ever so politely asked, "Hi dude, is your mom or dad home?"
Now, freeze this moment in time. I am standing there and it's like everything is frozen as the phrase hits me. I didn't know whether to laugh or to try and hold in my humor and answer his question seriously or just tell him that they weren't home. I manage to crack a smile and say, "Well, I'm actually the owner of the house."
At this point I was trying to not laugh because his face was priceless. I startled him so much that he was having a bit of a problem getting his speech together for his sale presentation of his candy bars for the Youth of America. Sadly, I didn't have any cash otherwise I would have purchased a candy bar from this young man who absolutely made my day.
Well, it may not have amused you, but it sure did me. I sit here as I type out this story trying to still hold my laughter...
Well, gotta run, just thought I'd share!
- J -
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